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Here is turnaround lick number 2, played in the key of A. This lick work well as regular blues lick too, just skip the last 3 notes, and it sound good as a "normal" blues lick anywhere in blues. Part of the reason for this is that this one is played one note at time.

One strong reason why a lick like this works well as a turnaround are those last three notes. These three notes kind of wrap up the whole lick in the V-chord. Licks that end like this, where it is obvious it is being finished of on the V-chord, will work great as turnaround licks.

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